Wippel, Wilhelm Jakob.
Die Ritterorden. Ein tabellarisch-chronologisch-literarisch-historisches Verzeichniß, über alle weltliche Ritterorden, auch über diejenigen geistlichen Orden, welche, ausser ihrer Ordenskleidung, noch ein besonderes Zeichen getragen haben; Nebst Anhang von den Verdienstmedaillen, Ehrenzeichen und Kriegsdenkmünzen, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES].
Berlin, August Wilhelm Schade, 1817-19. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 126; viii, 168. HARDCOVER, nicely bound in handsome recent half calf and matching marbled boards, crimson gilt lettering-piece to spine; small chip at bottom blank margin of last few leaves well away from text, title-page darkened. Some parts foxed as usual, else in a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare complete work. This attractive and overall well-preserved copy comes from the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum", to first free endpaper. For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). F-3 .
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